Courses and events

We provide a wide range of high-quality online events to support our members' continuing professional development. Topics cover a broad range of clinical, wellbeing and developmental themes for GPs at all stages of their career.

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1599 at the Royal College

West Scotland Fulton Lecture 2025

Join the West Scotland Faculty for the annual Fulton Lecture on Wednesday 29 October at 1599 at the Royal College. This hybrid event celebrates local achievements in general practice with Faculty Awards and new Fellow recognitions. Professor Nitin Gambhir FRCGP will deliver the keynote lecture: "Belonging, becoming and building the future: GP training in Scotland." Enjoy an evening of connection, celebration, and insight—either in person or online.

  • Date

    29 October 2025

  • Start time

    19:00

  • Places left

    17

Zoom

SCA cases and panel discussion (free preparation webinar)

Join us for the concluding instalment of our two-part series of FREE webinars on the SCA exam, led by esteemed professionals Dr Roger Neighbour, Brigadier (Retd) Robin Simpson, Dr Pauline Foreman and Dr Meiling Denney. With extensive experience as examiners and facilitators of successful SCA prep courses for the RCGP, they bring a wealth of knowledge to guide you through this crucial examination.

  • Date

    30 October 2025

  • Start time

    19:00

  • Places left

    859

Zoom

Gastroenterology | One Day Essentials

Gastroenterology is one of the major medical specialties and accounts for 10% of all appointments in Primary Care. By the end of this conference, attendees will have more confidence in investigating and managing patients presenting with GI and liver problems, which will improve patient care, result in less referrals to gastroenterology services and benefit service issues around the provision of endoscopy.

  • Date

    04 November 2025

  • Start time

    09:00

  • Places left

    2739

Zoom

Let's talk about Fellowship

RCGP Fellowship is an honour and a mark of your career achievements, awarded in recognition of your significant contribution to general practice, and is now free for eligible members. This session is for RCGP Scotland members who are interested in finding out more about ‘the why and the how’ of applying for RCGP Fellowship.

  • Date

    04 November 2025

  • Start time

    20:00

  • Places left

    72
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Online via MS Teams

First5 to Partnership (Online)

First5 to partnership is a dynamic new programme that aims to support GPs who are in their first five years after qualifying. Led by an experienced GP coach, this programme includes workshops to offer practical tools and techniques, short webinars throughout the year, an annual networking event and ongoing peer support through a closed WhatsApp group. The course will take place online over three half-day sessions on Thursday 06 November, Thursday 13 November and Thursday 04 December 2025, 09:00-13:00 at the Edinburgh Training & Conference Venue.

  • Date

    06 November 2025

  • Start time

    09:00

  • Places left

    0
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Zoom

The RCGP 1-day SCA preparation course

This open to all one-day training course aims to improve your consultation skills and as a result pass your SCA. The course offers interactive sessions with experienced trainers and examiners.

  • Date

    10 November 2025

  • Start time

    09:00

  • Places left

    0

Zoom

Mental health | One Day Essentials

This free-to-members one-day interactive online conference will cover a range of mental health topics designed to support GPs in improving patient care. Our experienced speakers will provide evidence-based information tailored to the needs of primary care clinicians. All our speakers will use cases to illustrate the range of mental health difficulties presented to primary care.

  • Date

    11 November 2025

  • Start time

    09:30

  • Places left

    3516

Royal Northern and University Club

North East Longstanding and late career members lunch

North East Scotland faculty areas retired GPs and late career GPs lunch with guest speaker Dr Colin Hunter.

  • Date

    12 November 2025

  • Start time

    12:30

  • Places left

    17

Zoom

Telephone consulting and triage skills

This online course will provide you with a real understanding of how to manage the risks involved in remote telephone consultations and the benefits this work can bring when practiced effectively. This day will give you tools and techniques to best handle remote telephone consultations.

  • Date

    13 November 2025

  • Start time

    09:15

  • Places left

    1